Selective enhancement of hypoxic cell killing by tempol-regulated suicide gene expression.

abstract：:In the present study, to evaluate the role of Ku80 in thyroid carcinoma (TC), 86 thyroid tissue samples from patients with a spectrum of thyroid disorders were examined for protein levels of Ku80, nuclear factor‑κB (NF‑κB) and RET/TC by immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, in TC cells, Ku80 mRNA was detected by reverse ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Fan Y,Li J,Wei W,Fang H,Duan Y,Li N,Zhang Y,Yu J,Wang J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of long-term postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with low-dose cisplatin (CDDP) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (CDDP/5-FU), we retrospectively examined 167 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus who received the treatment after curative surgery (R0 resection). We classified the pat...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shiozaki A,Yamagishi H,Itoi H,Fujiwara H,Kikuchi S,Okamoto K,Ichikawa D,Fuji N,Ochiai T,Sonoyama T,Ueda Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the predominant subtype of human esophageal cancer in East Asia. In the present study, we explored the tumor suppressive function of microRNA-181d (miR-181d) in ESCC. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to assess gene levels of miR‑181d in both ESCC cell lines and clinical samples...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Li D,Shi M,Ji H,Chen G,Jiang H,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioridazine, an antipsychotic drug, has been reported to induce apoptosis in various types of cancer cells, with specificity on targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, whether it elicits anticancer effects in gastric cancer has never been reported. In the present study, we examined the ability of thioridazine to...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Mu J,Xu H,Yang Y,Huang W,Xiao J,Li M,Tan Z,Ding Q,Zhang L,Lu J,Wu X,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preclinical studies, antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) have demonstrated inhibitory effects on the growth of various types of cancers expressing the pituitary type of GHRH receptors (pGHRH-R) and/or its active splice variant 1 (SV1). In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of the treat...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Seitz S,Rick FG,Schally AV,Treszl A,Hohla F,Szalontay L,Zarandi M,Ortmann O,Engel JB,Buchholz S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, required for DNA synthesis, and is also a critical target for fluoropyrimidines, which are widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumours. We examined TS expression in tumours from 86 patients with advanced colo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Bendardaf R,Lamlum H,Elzagheid A,Ristamäki R,Pyrhönen S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actual predictive value of oestrogen receptor (ER) beta for treatment decisions in breast cancer is still unclear. Retrospective studies using preoperative systemic therapy (PST) revealed that chemotherapy but also endocrine therapy can lead to alterations in expression levels of ERalpha and progesterone receptor ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wurster M,Ruoff A,Meisner C,Seeger H,Vogel U,Juhasz-Böss I,Solomayer E,Wallwiener D,Fehm T,Neubauer H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer mortality is strongly related to the invasive and metastatic potential of tumor cells. We previously showed that an active mutant of H-Ras induced invasive phenotype of MCF10A human breast epithelial cells. Membrane anchoring of Ras requires isoprenylation which involves the activity of 3-hydroxy 3-methy...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kang S,Kim ES,Moon A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA (Tan‑IIA; C19H18O3) is derived from Danshen (the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza), and has been reported to possess anti‑inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Tan‑IIA can inhibit BxPC‑3 human pancreatic cancer cells in vitro through inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis via mitochondrial p...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Su CC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) is a non-coding RNA fragment that is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. However, the clinical applications of PCA3 are highly limited due to the instability of RNA and the lack of reliable and efficient RNA extraction and purification methods. Thus, in the present study, we compar...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zheng K,Dou Y,He L,Li H,Zhang Z,Chen Y,Ye A,Liu W,Kong L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the microsatellite alterations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and in TP53 in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (TESCC). Using laser microdissection, 66 paired non-cancerous esophageal muscles, non-cancerous esophageal mucosa, cancerous TESCC nests plus 35 metastatic lymph nodes harvested from ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lin CS,Wang LS,Chang SC,Chou TY,Hsu WH,Liu CS,Lee MH,Chung MY,Wei YH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gasdermin D (GSDMD) is a newly discovered pyroptosis executive protein, which can be cleaved by inflammatory caspases and is essential for secretion of IL‑1β, making it a critical mediator of inflammation. However, the precise role of GSDMD in carcinogenesis remains nearly unknown. Considering the vital role of inflam...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Gao J,Qiu X,Xi G,Liu H,Zhang F,Lv T,Song Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is currently the fourth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer‑associated mortality worldwide. Studies have identified that certain biomarkers contribute to the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer. However, the biomarkers of gastric cancer are rarely used clinically. T...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yuan J,Tan L,Yin Z,Tao K,Wang G,Shi W,Gao J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 expression is closely related with ER status in breast cancer. We executed this study to evaluate whether therapeutic response to tamoxifen varies with levels of cyclin D1 expression in 66 ER positive breast cancer patients having solitary bone metastasis. Treatment response to tamoxifen and correlation betw...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Han S,Park K,Bae BN,Kim KH,Kim HJ,Kim YD,Kim HY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p16 protein is a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, which plays an important role in the regulation of the cell cycle by inactivating the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) that phosphorylates the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. Overexpression of p16 protein has been found in many types of human malignancy. Autoanti...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Looi K,Megliorino R,Shi FD,Peng XX,Chen Y,Zhang JY

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate a previously reported predictive formula of output-limiting symptoms induced by radiofrequency (RF) to determine the efficacy of this neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACR) and concurrent RF thermal therapy. The present study included 81 consecutive patients with confirmed diagnoses of r...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shoji H,Motegi M,Takakusagi Y,Asao T,Kuwano H,Takahashi T,Ogoshi K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug sensitivity of tumor cells is one of key issues to explore individualized therapy for cancer patients. One of such methods is in vitro anticancer drug sensitivity test which is generally based on one drug concentration and contact time. In this study, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) sensitivity of cancer cells from col...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ochiai T,Nishimura K,Noguchi H,Kitajima M,Tsuruoka Y,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline (PTX) is commonly used in peripheral blood vessel diseases, however it has also been found to decrease the level of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-12, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma. Moreover, some authors reported that PTX suppresses spontaneous cytotoxicity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lazarczyk M,Grzela T,Korczak-Kowalska G,Niderla J,Oldak M,Jozwiak J,Skopinski P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly vascular tumor, and treatment options for patients of advanced-stage are limited. Nitric oxide (NO), which is derived from endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), provides crucial signals for angiogenesis in the tumor microenvironment. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essent...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Dai Y,Cui J,Gan P,Li W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high response rates of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) to first-line cisplatin-based chemotherapies, most patients with SCLC will eventually experience disease progression. Accordingly, novel chemotherapeutic regimens are desired. This in vitro study was carried out in order to develop novel chemotherapeutic...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Takeda K,Suyama H,Igishi T,Shigeoka Y,Matsumoto S,Yamasaki A,Hashimoto K,Sumikawa T,Morita M,Ueda Y,Shimizu E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) is an essential factor for protein synthesis. Previous studies have shown that the eEF2 gene was overexpressed and plays an oncogenic role in various types of cancers and that eEF2 gene product elicited both humoral immune responses to produce eEF2-specific IgG autoantibody in can...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Nakajima H,Murakami Y,Morii E,Akao T,Tatsumi N,Odajima S,Fukuda M,Machitani T,Iwai M,Kawata S,Hojo N,Oka Y,Sugiyama H,Oji Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemomicin (CHM), an angucyclinone antibiotic extracted from the fermentation broth of Nocardia Mediterranei subsp. Kanglensis 1747-64, shows immunosuppressive activity. However, whether it can inhibit growth of tumor cells remains elusive. In the present study, we show that CHM potently inhibited the proliferations o...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Li Y,Han N,Gao N,Xu R,Sun C,Li D,He Q

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of synergistic effect of thermotherapy and chemotherapy on human lung adenocarcinoma cell growth are unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate these effects and explore the function of ROS, Akt and caspase-3 in relation to these. A549 cells were subjected to different thermochemotherapy treatmen...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wang L,Liu X,Wu Y,Wu W,Wu Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine-125 (125I) seed irradiation can be used as an important supplementary treatment for unresectable advanced gastric cancer. However, the radiobiological mechanism underlying brachytherapy remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the influence of continuous and low-energy 125I irradiation on the cell cycle dist...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang WF,Jin WD,Li B,Wang MC,Li XG,Mao WY,Luo KY

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant nuclear factor-erythroid 2 (NRF2) expression correlates with tumor development. We investigated NRF2 expression in ovarian epithelial carcinoma (OEC), aiming to identify associations with clinicopathological factors, hormones and induced reactive oxygen species (ROS). Immun...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Liao H,Zhou Q,Zhang Z,Wang Q,Sun Y,Yi X,Feng Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA‑binding motif 3 (RBM3) is a cold‑shock protein that has been previously shown to attenuate cancer stem cell‑like features in prostate cancer (PCa) cells. However, the mechanism underlying RBM3 regulation in PCa cells is largely unknown. The present study investigated the impact of RBM3 expression on the whole tran...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Dong Q,Lv C,Zhang G,Yu Z,Kong C,Fu C,Zeng Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with autologous dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with tumor lysate(s) from allogeneic tumor cell lines is a novel strategy to induce immune responses in cancer patients. We report on a pilot trial of autologous DCs pulsed with tumor cell lysate derived from allogeneic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) cell l...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Bachleitner-Hofmann T,Friedl J,Hassler M,Hayden H,Dubsky P,Sachet M,Rieder E,Pfragner R,Brostjan C,Riss S,Niederle B,Gnant M,Stift A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) plays an important role in the development of tumors and has been investigated as a potent target for anticancer therapy. In the present study, we constructed a recombinant adenovirus, Ad-EGFP-C197 which was capable of expressing COOH‑terminal polypeptide of hTERT (amino ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wu X,Chen J,Cao Y,Xie B,Li H,Zhou P,Qiu Y,Pang J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death 2 (PDCD2) is a highly conserved nuclear protein, and aberrant PDCD2 expression alters cell apoptosis. The present study aimed to investigate PDCD2 expression in gastric cancer. Tissue specimens from 34 gastric cancer patients were collected for analysis of PDCD2 expression using immunohistochemis...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang J,Wei W,Jin HC,Ying RC,Zhu AK,Zhang FJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate HSP27 expression in fetal, normal and inflamed oral mucosal epithelium and in oral premalignant epithelial lesions and in their ensuing invasive cancers. In developing human oral epithelia, immunoreactions for HSP27 were moderately observed in suprabasal keratinocytes of palate an...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Leonardi R,Pannone G,Magro G,Kudo Y,Takata T,Lo Muzio L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00